There will be stiff restrictions regarding when and how often you can have a yard sale of course including restrictions on those little signs people tape to trees.

This sign won’t survive!

They won’t jail you but the fines get pretty stiff. The proposed penalty for violation would be: a fine of $100 to $500 for a first offense; a fine of $500 to $1,000 for a second offense within a five-year period; and a fine of $1,000 to $2,500 for a third offense within that same period.

They’re not looking for revenue, the town claims. I’d like to add “Yet” to that.

A number of residents are eager to give up this freedom and support the bill. Others say it’s “ridiculous.”

One resident said that when “you regulate things, they stay nice.” People need to be educated in over-regulation.

Yard sales are a bit of Americana that the government doesn’t want you to enjoy and your property isn’t yours to do with as you please any longer. It’s not only about the collective, it’s about the minority in the collective.

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The situation is similar here in Ft. Worth Sara. We had a ‘garage sale’ and the permit was only $5. (permit for what, I don’t know … I own the home and the stuff in it … go figure) Anyway, you’re not allowed to put signs like at the end of the street or around the corner, only in your yard. You can advertise in the classified section of the local news paper but I’m not sure if that costs anything or not. What chaps my a$$ are the folks you mentioned, “cars coming and going” … what do they think, you’re selling crack??!!
Some folks aren’t happy unless they’re complaining about something.

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